Oil-can spout



UNITED A STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID N. SMITH, ABBA M. SEYMOUR, AND JOHN B. RAYNOR, OF MAZO MANIE,WISCONSIN.

OIL-CAN SPOUT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,132, dated May 25,1880.

Application nienMarch 26,1880. (Model.) l

To all whom tmc/y concern:

Be it known that we, DAVID N. SMITH, A. M. SEYMOUR, and JOHN B. RAYNOR,of Mazo Manie, in the county of Dane and State of Wiscousin, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Can Spouts and we dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

The invention has relation to the class of cans for holding andsupplying oil in which the spout is provided with an outlet-valve.

The object o1?` the invention is to facilitate the discharge of the oilby providing a rest for the spout during decanting, and so connectingthe rest with the valve that the valve shall automatically open when therest is used also, by providing a freer channel for the oil up to thevalve; and, further, to supply the valve with a better retractingsystem, and to protect the same from injury and limit its motion.

The invention consists in the extension oi' the valve-stem above thevalve to a sufcient length, providing it with a shoulder at its free endfor application to the rim of the receiving-vessel, locating theshoulder on the under side of the spout near its orifice, andintermediately bending the stem over the under lip of the orifice.Between the shoulder and the lip the stem runsin a guide. The bend ofthe stem is so located beyond the lip that when the stem is pushed downas far as the bend will allow the valve will be opened to just theextent desired.

It consists, also, in the employment for the retraction of the Valve ofa single lever, to`

which the wall of the can opposite the spout serves as a fulcrum, oneleg of the lever being within the can-body, hooked to thevalve-stem,

and the other leg being without the can-body,

terminating in a thumb-piece. 4

It consists, also, in the employment of a stopguard 'overthethumb-piece.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein the same letter indicates the samepart wherever it occurs, Figure l is a longitudinal vertical sectionthrough top and spout, showing the valve closed. Fig. 2 is a section ofthe spout, showing the valve automatically open and the shoulder restingon the receiver. Fig. 3 is a front-end view of the spout, showing theouter end of the valve-stem.

A is the body of the can. B is the spout, which is constructed with astraight back and an elongated base. It narrows rapidly from itsjunction with the can to the point lb about midway of its length, andthence slightly to the oriliee s. The enlargement indicated at c is thussecured. At the angle of the walls formed by this construction, at b, islocated the valve-seat D, perforated longitudinally for the passage ofthe oil. O

.E is a conical valve, bearing upon the seat D, and closingl itsperforation by being projected against the seat by the spiral spring H,which lies back of the valve within the spout along its upper wall,having for its seat the shelfl F, which lies within the spout andprojecting from its upper walls.

G is the lower stem of the valve E, and, passing axially through thespiral spring H, through the shelf F, and through the wall of the can atU into the body of the can, terminates near U in a loop, 7c, to receivethe end of the leg L of the lever L M. The lever L M is a single barpassing through the opposite wall of the can through a hole, N, near thetop. The bent leg L descends from N within the can to its engagementwith the valve-stem G, and the leg M descends from N along the outsideof the can to a convenient point, where it terminates in a thumb-pieceor trigger, P.

The lever L M swings upon the can-wall in the hole N as a fulcrum. It isprovided at N, within the can, with a disk or nut, d, to prevent itsslipping.

Q is a bow or basket-guard ot' metal, fastened to the can over thethumb-piece P, to protect it from accidental injury, to limit its sweep,and to furnish a guide and purchase to the hand ofthe operator.

R is the upper stem of the valve E. It is a rod joined to the valve atits apex, extended up and out of the spout at its mouth s, bent downwardand backward at r over the under lip t of the spout, and bent downwardagain to form the shoulder O.

The spout is provided with a guide, g, in which the stem R rides betweenthe'shoulder ICO C and the bend at r, and by which it is protected fromlateral displacement. That part of the can-wall which is covered by thebase of the spout exhibits two perforations-one at U, near the roof ofthe spout, for the passage of the stem Gr, and one somewhat larger at t,near the Hoor of the spout, for the passage of the oil into theenlargement c of the spout beneath the spring H, on its way to theoutlet of the spout.

The spring-valve E operates to keep the spout closed and to protect theoil from loss and injury. When asupplyis desired from the can theoperatormay retract the valve by pressing the thumb-piece P against thebow Q, whereupon the lever L M swings upon its fulcrum at N, the leg Lis carried towardia perpendicular position, and the valve stem G yieldsto the traction exerted at 7c. The valve may also be opened by pressureupon the shoulder C.

Fig. 2 represents the can tipped in the act of discharging oil into avessel, W W, at its mouth I, the valve bein g automatically lifted fromits seat by the impingement of the shoulder C of the valve-stern Ragainst the rim V of the vessel W W. In this operation not only does theapplication of the shoulder C to the rim of the port of thereceiving-vessel open the valve, but at the same time the can and spoutare guided to position and supported and steadily retained in positionby the shoulder, and the stream of oil is directed and steadied.

We are aware that it is not new to construct oil-cans of this class witha valve arranged to be pushed open by pressure upon the point of a valvestern protruding from the orifice of the spout.

We are also aware that in the English Patent No. 1,149, A. D. 1865, toSibley, the spring outlet-valve of an oil-can is' pushed open bypressure upon a shoulder terminating the valve-stem. In the Sibleyinvention, however, for the purpose of guiding the stem, the spout ismade with an opening in its side, in which the bend of the stem slidesas the valve is opened or closed. This disposition of the stein ,spoutprovided with a spring outlet-valve opened by a thumb-piece on theexterior of the can, the bow Q, operating as a guard to protect thethumb-piece and as a stop to limit its motion, substantially asdescribed.

2. In an oil-can, the combination, withthe spring outlet-valve and withits stern, of the bent lever L M, having its fulcrum upon the edge'ofthe opening through which it passes into the can, all constructed andoperating substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In combination with an oil-can spout having no lateral notches oropenings, and provided with a spring outlet-valve having the valve-stemR and the shoulder C, the trough g, attached to the spout and adapted toguide the stein R, all substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our handsthis 13th day of February, 1880.

`DAVID N. SMITH.

ARBA M. SEYMOUR. JOHN B.` RAYNOR. Witnesses:

ALBERT H. SCHILDT, H. SGHILDT.

